Text Feature Hunt

• 2nd–3rd grade
• Ages 7–9
• Free, no sign-up

Nonfiction books have special parts that help readers find information. In Text Feature Hunt, one part of a page glows, and your child names it: title, heading, caption, label, diagram, bold word, fact box, table of contents, glossary or index. The last level asks where you would look to find something.

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About the game

How to play

1. Find the glowing part. It's outlined in yellow.
2. Think about its job. Does it explain a picture? Name a part?
3. Pick its name. The game tells you what it's for.
4. Try Where would you look? Use what you learned.

For parents: what Text Feature Hunt practices

Text Feature Hunt teaches the text features of informational books and what each one is for. It pairs with:

• Text features
• Text features worksheets
• Text structure

Common Core: RI.2.5 (know and use text features to locate key facts), RI.3.5 (use text features and search tools to locate information).

Getting the most out of it

• Before reading a nonfiction book, hunt for its text features together.
• Captions explain pictures; labels name parts.
• Glossary is for meanings; index is for pages.

Games are best as a reward or a warm-up, not the main lesson. Ten minutes of play after a short lesson works better than an hour of play on its own.

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Last reviewed: November 11, 2026

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